ADV Production Modular Hardtop!

[GotWake]

And to think you could have put the dollars in a 1-year treasury at 4%+, w/ tax incentives

Guys keep posting about their potential interest they weren't going to get. Inflation was 7+% inflation in 2022 and 3.5% inflation for 2023. With the real rate of return, you would have made less than $200 on $7k. If someone wants to talk about the $1200 they would have made on tsla or the $1900 with aapl doing some real investing, but these guy taunting the pennies for bonds make me laugh out loud.

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[CarGuy]

Guys keep posting about their potential interest they weren't going to get. Inflation was 7+% inflation in 2022 and 3.5% inflation for 2023. With the real rate of return, you would have made less than $200 on $7k. If someone wants to talk about the $1200 they would have made on tsla or the $1900 with aapl doing some real investing, but these guy taunting the pennies for bonds make me laugh out loud.

Diverse portfolio. Given the markets wild ebb/flow in ‘22/‘23, dollar cost avg. the market and park some cash in treasuries/bonds/high yield brokerage accounts. There was still money being made the last 2 years…even with inflation.

Back to this thread, ADV got an interest free loan for R&D.

 

[GotWake]

Diverse portfolio. Given the markets wild ebb/flow in ‘22/‘23, dollar cost avg. the market and park some cash in treasuries/bonds/high yield brokerage accounts. There was still money being made the last 2 years…even with inflation.

Back to this thread, ADV got an interest free loan for R&D.

Didn’t they change that R&D credit for 2022? I thought I had read they had hit it hard.

And absolutely on a diverse portfolio. But that doesn’t change the fact that someone putting $7000 in a treasury bond made less than $200 with inflation and is a non-event in most portfolios. It’s not something to say” i CoUiD mAdE sO mUcH mOnEy

 

[Kjbeggs]

so you sold your Bronco but still have the top?

How many people saw that and had a "Wait just a minute..." moment?

 

[pakrat]

How many people saw that and had a "Wait just a minute..." moment?

I almost did that with my Bronco. Have one of the earlier units that was in the bad engine "hot zone" and was worried early on that I could have a bad one. I was gonna trade it in before anything happened and get a newer one with a MIC, keep the ADV order and when the ADV top arrived (lol) sell the MIC to offset a good portion of the ADV. Didn't end up doing it because during production my unit was pulled for extensive QC testing (apparently they pull a certain number of units to double check quality) and mine has been flawless (knocks on wood) w/o any of the gremlins or QC issues complained about online and in the press.

Side note...this thread is very long but not as long as the "blown engine failure list" thread. That one stands at 290 pages. We have some work to do here fellas .

 

[Kjbeggs]

I almost did that with my Bronco. Have one of the earlier units that was in the bad engine "hot zone" and was worried early on that I could have a bad one. I was gonna trade it in before anything happened and get a newer one with a MIC, keep the ADV order and when the ADV top arrived (lol) sell the MIC to offset a good portion of the ADV. Didn't end up doing it because during production my unit was pulled for extensive QC testing (apparently they pull a certain number of units to double check quality) and mine has been flawless (knocks on wood) w/o any of the gremlins or QC issues complained about online and in the press.

Side note...this thread is very long but not as long as the "blown engine failure list" thread. That one stands at 290 pages. We have some work to do here fellas .

I'm honestly surprised @CM22 hasn't gotten bombarded with "I'll buy it" replies...
unless, of course he's being bombarded with private messages

 

[ramblinwreck]

Interesting that the MIC top is apparently good enough that he has not felt like changing over to the ADV top. For the cost, I'd expect it to be head and shoulders better than the MIC in every way.

 

[Kjbeggs]

Interesting that the MIC top is apparently good enough that he has not felt like changing over to the ADV top. For the cost, I'd expect it to be head and shoulders better than the MIC in every way.

You mean the Anderson top? It's basically a refined version of the OEM top.
no one knows what quality the ADV tops are (Other than "Mythical"...)

 

[Ninjak]

Interesting that the MIC top is apparently good enough that he has not felt like changing over to the ADV top. For the cost, I'd expect it to be head and shoulders better than the MIC in every way.

I think he said he has the AC top, not the ADV top.

 

[CTwaterfowler]

I think he said he has the AC top, not the ADV top.

Adv has not started shipping.
You are correct he must have the ac top

 

[pakrat]

Adv has not started shipping.
You are correct he must have the ac top

Might be one of the mythical "Beta 16" influencers lol. I'd sure as heck sell the MIC sooner than later if I was him as long as people are getting top dollar.

 

[BroncoBoy22]

Agreed. I’d add the weather strip and then sell the OEM

 

[Pseudoko]

I wheel with one of the “beta testers” and so far no issues with the top at all. I am fine with the soft top too so I’m just patiently waiting .

 

[CTwaterfowler]

as of right now, I have not received the email that a poster was told by ADV last week which was supposed to go out "next week" to all customers. I did check ADVs posting, and it was just last month that the explanation for the delays was provided. However the moving dates last referenced back in this thread are now late Dec/January.

hopefully, they will make it this time.

Looking forward to getting my top on my bronco some day

 

[604Bronco]

Remember, Ford always sent out "good news" on Friday afternoon's too...

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